Vol 28, No 4 (2009)

December

Table of Contents

Review Article

Reducing and Eliminating Neuropathic Pain
Damien P. Kuffler, José Santiago-Figueroa
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Original Study

Outcome of Liver Transplantation in a Hispanic Population: 100 Liver Transplantsin Puerto Ricans
Ángel E. Alsina, Esther A. Torres, Iván Antúnez, Henry González, Victor Bowers, James Huang, John Leone, Teresa Potter
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Predictors of School Dropout among Adolescents in Puerto Rico
José Calderón-Squiabro, Rafaela R. Robles, Juan C. Reyes, Tomás D. Matos, Juan Negrón, Miguel Cruz
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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: a Surgeon’s Experience
Emil A. Pastrana, Lincoln M. Jiménez, Iván J. Sosa
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Descriptive Profile of Surgically-confirmed Adult Central Nervous System Tumors in Puerto Rico
Gisela Murray, Lincoln Jiménez, Frankie Báez, Lilliam E. Colón-Castillo, Ricardo H. Brau
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TRAMIL Ethnopharmacological Survey: Knowledge Distribution of Medicinal Plant Use in the Southeast Region of Puerto Rico
José A. Alvarado-Guzmán, Jannette Gavillán-Suárez, Lionel Germosén-Robineau
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Exploratory Study: Barriers for Initiation and/or Discontinuation of Breastfeeding in Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome
Evy Colón, René Rolando Dávila-Torres, Ana M. Parrilla-Rodríguez, Angel Toledo, José J. Gorrín-Peralta, Víctor E. Reyes-Ortiz
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Special Article

Medicine in the 21st Century: towards a Darwinian Medical Epistemology
Ángel Román-Franco
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Historical Note

Medical Milestone, Millennial Mission
Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano
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Case Report

Awake Laminotomy and Discectomy using Dexmedetomidine as Anesthetic
Héctor M. Torres, Serafín C. López
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Annular Erythema Associated with Anti-Ro/SS-A and Anti-La/SS-B Antibodies: a New Case in a Hispanic Patient
Sheila Valentín, Jorge L. Sánchez, Francisco Colón
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Book Review

El Monstruo
José G. Rigau-Pérez
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